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  • How should the skin around the stoma look?

    The skin around your stoma should look just like the skin on the other side of your abdomen, or anywhere else on your body. The skin around the stoma should be intact without irritation, rash, or redness. A properly fitting skin barrier protects the skin from being irritated or damaged by the stoma drainage.

    Should stoma be below skin level?

    A stoma will normally protrude slightly above the skin level. The length of the protrusion will depend on whether you have a colostomy or ileostomy (ileostomies tend to protrude further out) and the size of your bowel.

    How much should a stoma stick out?

    Colostomies should typically protrude 1.5 to 2.5 cm and stomas of the small bowel should evert 2.5 to 3.5 cm. Stomas that do not evert at least 1 cm above the skin surface 48 hours after surgery have a 35% chance of causing problems.

    When measuring a round stoma How should the skin barrier fit against the skin?

    A good fit is when the skin barrier opening fits where the skin and stoma meet, and you have filled in any gaps, creases, or folds. Measure stoma size with these guides before every barrier application during the first 6-8 weeks after ostomy surgery to be sure of stoma size as swelling reduces.